Bass Pro Opens 180,000-SF Outdoor World

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA-Bass Pro Shops has made its Inland Empire debut with the opening of a 180,000-sf retail store that is also part museum, art gallery, antique store and aquarium. Designed by the firm of Perkowitz+Ruth Architects in Long Beach, the new shop is located on the east side of the Victoria Gardens Regional Center adjacent to Interstate 15.

The new Bass store, which features an 11,090-sf Islamorada Fish Co. restaurant and a marine and boat center, is one of 42 locations in the US and Canada for Springfield, MO-based Bass. The store is the first in Southern California for Bass, which worked with the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency and the City Council to sealed the deal for the giant store in 2005.

As GlobeSt.com reported at the time the city and the retailer struck their deal, officials estimate that the new retail venue will bring Rancho Cucamonga more than $1 million a year in sales tax revenue. The city officials and Bass Pro Shops representatives worked on the agreement for more than a year.